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AND KNOWLEDGE
MANAGEMENT
CHAPTER 10
1. Free exchange in, across, and between levels and functions within the
organization
2. Recognition of the value of both the formal and informal networks where
knowledge and information are exchanged
3. Encouragement of free exchange by all levels of organizational leadership
4. Open dialogue
5. Continual transformation of the organization systems for the processes of
communication
6. Support of a culture that encourages meaningful interaction and exchange in,
across, and between levels and functions
Enabling Learning
Factors:
First, the purpose of learning for the management of technology
and innovation is to have the right information at the right place
with the right person at the right time to make the right decision.
Second factor that is important for learning is providing time for
people to work on their ideas and their application of
information to the tasks they are to accomplish.
Types of Learning
TACIT EXPLICIT
Characteristic that help the organization succeed:
1. A vision for where the organization and the team are going.
2. An openness to new ideas and the ability to display that openness. Listening
skills as well as the ability to frame and reframe ideas are important parts of this
openness.
3. A strong sense of what the organization is and is not and whether the
organization needs to undergo radical or incremental change.
4. A person who is passionate about the exchange of knowledge and the
opportunity to learn.
5. An ability to champion ideas and energize the organization toward the
accomplishment of goals.
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USING
ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING
AND KNOWLEDGE
MANAGEMENT
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Summary:
Organizational learning and knowledge management
build on each other and are critical to the success of
the technology-focused firm. The processes for both
activities require extensive efforts to ensure that a
wide range of concerns from culture, organizational
structure, and management of people encourages both
learning and knowledge management.
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